Dispensing-stand for inverted bottles.



H. G. CORDLEY.

DISPENSING STAND FOR INVERTED BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 4. IBIS.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

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HENRY G. CORDLEY, F GLEN NEW JlEllREa'EY.

DISPENSING-STAND FOE INVERTED BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. llttilti.

Application filed January 14, 1915. {aerial Ito. 2,158.

1" b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY G. Coroner, citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing-Stands for inverted Bottles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

"'. ing stand embodying the invention. Fig. 2

is a horizontal sectional view on line of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on line 33, of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the top of the stand.

in the drawings, 1 indicates a center or main plate carried by radial arms 2, the outer ends of which are bent downward at their outer ends and secured to a ring 3. To the ring opposite the downwardly bent ends of the arms 2, are secured. vertical strips at extending above the level of the center or main plate to hold the bottle or other container, and extending below to form the legs of the dispensing stand. The portions of these strips above the level of the center or main plate are first bent inward and then upward so that the upper portions of opposite strips Will be separated by a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the bottle or container 5. Secured to their upper ends on the inside is a strip 8 bent into circular form having its ends slightly separated. Below the center or main plate, the ps are bent outward and then at their s inward to form supporting feet sufticiently to'afford a firm 5 b ow the main co i col ing main l per plate 1i.

'ifnrough the center of the center or main plate 1 extends upward a hollow plug 9 adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottle or other container 5 secured in place by a shoulder 10 resting against the center or main plate from below and a lock nut 11 hearing against the upper face of the center or main plate. Above the lock nut, the hollow plug is provided with a ring 12 of cork or other suitable packing material. The plug 9 is provided with two passages, 13 for the outflow of liquid and 14c for the inflow of air. To the upper end of the air inlet passage 14 is secured an air inlet tube or pipe 15 which is of such length as to extend nearly to the bottom of the inverted bottle.

Below the center or main plate 1 the hollow plug 9 extends downward and on one side, at 16, is provided with a shoulde adapted to receive the end of a horizontal tube 17, the outer end of which is enlarged and screw-threaded at18 to receive the inner end of a push faucet 19 such, for instance, as that shown in U. S. Patent No. 953,342, issued March 29, 1910 to George R. Long, in which a valve 20 carried by a valve rod 21 has its seat in a valve seat 22 at the rear end of the faucet and is held against its seat by a spring 23 acting against a push button 24; on the forward end of the valve rod, the faucet having also a flange 25 near the forward end of its shell which serves as a rest for the fingers while the push button is pushed by the thumb to open the faucet, the faucet being thus adapted for operation by one hand without communicating any move ment to the dispensing stand. The liquid outlet passage 13 is in communication with the interior of the tube 17.

On the side opposite to that which carries the shoulder 16, the hollow plug 9 is provided with an extension 26 having formed in it a horizontal passage 2'? communicating with the air inlet passage 14land open at its outer end. Below the passage 2? this extension is provided in line with the valve rod of'the faucet, with a recessed passage 28 adapted to contain a stuffing box 29 through which passes a rod 80 which at its inner end is secured to the end of the valve rod 21 of the faucet in rear of the valve 20. To the ivi epr'l n The dispensing stand is adapted in use, to rest on the counter in -a store or on any other convenient surface without being secured to it, and when the bottle or other container is in place, as indicated in Fig. 1, the contents of the bottle may be drawn 01f as wanted by pressing the push button of the faucet. As the valve rod is pushed back, the passage will be open for liquid to flow from the bottle through the passage 13 through the valve seat of the faucet and out through the discharge nozzle. At the same time the rod 30 will be moved rearward carrying the arm 31 away from'the opening at the rear end of the passage 27 permitting air to enter so as to permit the liquidto flow out. The closing of the faucet shuts off the outflow of liquid and also shuts ofl the inflow of air, no air entering the bottle.

except when liquid is flowing out.

When a bottle is to be placed on the stand, its cork is first drawn and the-dispensing stand is inverted over it and the end of the hollow plug is inserted in place of the cork, the body of the bottle entering the ring 6. The stand with the bottle is then restored to upright position, the bottle, of course, being then in inverted position.

The vertical strips 4, the arms 2, and the rings 3, 6 and 8 may all readily be made of steel strips a half inch wide by a sixteenth thick cut to the proper lengths, bent to shape and secured together by rivets.

The dispensing stand is particularly adapted for dispensing beverages such as grape juice, or other fruit juices from the original bottles. 'By the use of a number of these stands, a variety of beverages may be supplied without the risk of exposing the contents to the air and without the waste which is liable to result from the pouring from a bottle in the ordinary way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A dispensing stand for inverted bottles comprising vertically arranged strips having their lower ends bent to form supporting feet and having at their upper ends a horizontal strip bent into circular form with its ends separated to inclose an inverted bottle, a horizontal plate secured to the vertical strips above their lower ends and a bracing ring secured to them below the horizontal plate, the horizontal plate being provided at its center with a hollow plug adapted to make closed contact with the mouth of the inverted. bottle having an outlet passage through it forvliquid and an inlet passage for air, and means for simultaneously controlling the liquid outlet and air inlet passages.

This specification signed and witnessed this ninth day of January A. D. 1915.

HENRY G. CORDLEY.

In the presence of Gno. H. CRANMQRE, P. WHITMORE. 

